One of the things I’ve done with my daughters (both teens) on a yearly basis is attend Emerald City Comicon. This year will be our 4th year. The last few years we’ve gotten into doing cosplay. Cosplay is a lot of fun, my girls really enjoy it and we work diligently on recreating accurate costumes. It’s truly a whole family effort. I’m the accessory and prop guy, my extremely talented mother-in-law handles all the sewing (I can sew but her skills are way beyond mine) and the girls work on the details: design, hair make-up, etc.

Every year the costumes get more involved and this year I really have my work cut out for me. Seriously, my oldest K has decided to be Loki from ‘The Avengers’. Of course she didn’t choose the simple version, she wants the King Loki version. This is one intricate costume

Body armor, helmet, cape, scepter, that’s a lot of building. It’s definitely going to push my creating skills and I’ll get to learn to use some new materials along the way.

Fortunately my youngest E has chosen a simpler character to recreate. One of our favorite movies as a family is ‘The Emperor’s New Groove’. It wasn’t a Disney smash as it was made at the end of their traditional animation run, but it is a hilarious romp. One of the best part of the movie is its bad-guy or bad-girl in this case; Yzma. Yzma is bitingly voice by Eartha Kitt. I love films with a great antagonist. Best of all she is balanced out but a very funny side-kick name Kronk. He’s a big Oaf with a soft heart and some real skills in the kitchen. E has requested that I cosplay along with her as Kronk. So this year will mark my first foray into full cosplay regalia at the con! We’ve decided to go in their Secret Lab attire:

Whew. I’m thinking these will be a lot less work.

So bear with me for the following few months as there are going to be a lot of cosplay posts as I document the build process, which is something I haven’t done before. I’ve already started the building on Loki here’s a sneak peek: